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Sunday, March 16, 2008

8:20 AM

//warning: spoiler alert.

The Leap Years was an utter, utter disappointment.

Y'know, I've been secretly/openly* wanting to watch that show since it's out. It sounds so appealing. And it's kinda a personal movie for me because secretly, there's always a person I'm waiting for (though she's not blue and blurry) and I'm prone to doing stupid stuff (like writing notes to ask perfect strangers out).

(*secretly/openly - because I've announced that I wanted to watch it on my blog and I've tried to coerce band people to watch to with me, much to their amazement - "The Leap Years is for teenage girls," so from then on I pretended that I'm not that interested and when we were deciding what movie to watch yesterday I was like, "The Leap Years is supposed to be sappy," but we watched it anyway.)

Anyway, yes, I went out with the the girls yesterday. Mrs. Chen didn't show because of the work and thus we went to fulfill our lunch-movie tradition. And I spent all my money. Trumpets and Euphos better pay me back soon ar.

Yeah so yesterday I was feeling horrible because my mother was being a total bitch (I did not say that) and I had a worse hair day (because my hair is always bad). I ended up in a baggy shapeless jeans that I did not like (because my Levi's was in the wash) and some stupid shirt which was scratchy (because all my nice shirts are worn to the camp and in the wash too).

So in a nutshell I was miserable. And poor.

But so we decided to lunch at Subway, where I was indecisive and stuff so the four of us shared 2 foot-long subs. As usual we chatted and stuff, with me nodding and talking incomprehensibly because my mind is fried and all I could manage was stuff tuna bread into my mouth and stare out of the big window at some HDB flats nearby.

So we watched The Leap Years. I don't know whether it was my mood or something, because I recalled saying I loved watching any movie, be it atrociously bad or anything. But I really didn't enjoy this film. I didn't get goosebumps like I usually do. I tried to convince myself to be touched, because I'm supposed to, but then halfway through the movie I gave up. Why should I give excuses to a move I don't enjoy? So I stopped trying and tried to just watch on without puking.

I hated the plot. (what an insult to Catherine Lim, but.) Or rather, I hated the directing. It might be a good plot (I didn't read the story, for fear of being disappointed by the movie, which I am now!) but the organizing was terrible. And the music was too loud. During those supposedly-touching moments, the sentimental music suddenly flared to a volume that distracts the audience.

I especially hated the characters. The girls hated Qi Yuwu for his disgusting accent but Jovina commented that Ananda Everingham had strong muscles. I hate the male characters because both of them had long hair, which doesn't make them macho enough. They're not supposed to be, but no one wants to watch sissies as male leads. And Everingham keep wearing those ugly shirts. Wong Lilin was okay, but her boobs are insubstantial and her tummy is visible. Joan Chen just looks like a crazed woman. The bottomline is, the acting was horrible.

I couldn't feel the romance. I couldn't feel the wild passion of unconventional love. I couldn't feel the agony of the waiting lover. I know, it looks as if I have the emotional quotient of a stone, but I really couldn't.

The worst thing that happened during the movie was when it was almost over, probably the last 10 minutes, where it's the sorta climax. I was munching my too-sweet popcorn, a little numb from the movie, trying to just sit through it, when suddenly..

BOOM.

The screen went black.

The lights went on.

So everyone was shocked, because the character was halfway reading through a letter. I was like, is this a surprise ending? A cliffhanger? Am I supposed to leave now? Everyone was stunned and staring at the screen, somehow expecting something to happen but nothing did. So we stared at the screen at the blank screen for around 2 minutes.

Then I started laughing.

It was so ridiculous! What do you expect me to do? Imagine a bunch of people just sitting there and staring at a blank screen. Qiqi was giving a weird, Is this over? look, while Jovina was half-yelling "Refund!" and Amelia just giggled along with me. Then the girls starting laughing along too and people started staring AT US.

Oh my God, it was just hilarious. We were laughing in a cinema with a blank screen.

Anyway after spilling a lot of popcorn the movie went back after maybe 10 minutes.

So it wasn't a surprise ending at all. It ended weirdly. So when we were leaving, we were laughing so hard, trying to speak but it was just too funny so we just laughed like the insane down the stairs.

Isn't the movie supposed to be romantic?

Then we mucked around J8, sitting at the Coffee Bean and making weird crumb shapes and chatted stuff. Qiqi left and the rest of us went to Taka to window shop (since we were really poor) and went back to J8 (Jovina did that to me the last time!) because Jo had to be chauffeured there. Then Amelia and I parted ways. I slept the rest of the day away.

Now. The last day of the holidays. I have not touched my holiday homework.

[insert expletives and ending here]

signed, jiasheng

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